Monroe El Sch

Monroe El Sch is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, run under Cumberland Valley SD, with 512 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Cumberland Valley SD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 10,374 students. Monroe El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Monroe El Sch shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Cumberland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Monroe El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cumberland County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monroe El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.6%; this one delivers 59.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,494 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Cumberland County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students), Monroe El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Iron Forge El Sch, around 3.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monroe El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monroe El Sch at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monroe El Sch has ticked up 7%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 79% over that span.

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